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Free-to-play Related Questions

If we reach 250,000 votes, will there be ANY opportunity for F2Pers to play?Mod MMG: While we would love our free player community to be able to play too, it’s only after 750,000 votes that we could afford to offer a free service.Will you be considering making this poll open to the free players? If you do, you should make it only open to the free players the last 48 hours of the poll, and put certain restrictions on who can vote (ex. must have played for over 30 hours in-game, or certain amount of total level as to prevent spam accounts from voting). Thank you for reading and I hope to hear some feedback from you all.Mod MMG: No, we won’t be opening this up to free players in the last minute. This will remain a members-only vote as the service will still largely be funded by the members, so we need to accurately gauge the level of interest/support.
I believe the false rumour that is circulating around free players being able to vote is currently hurting the poll, as there are clearly many free players who are openly supportive but still sitting on the fence at the moment, perhaps with false hope of a last-minute vote.Dear Jagex, will we players, have to log on using our emails? Or will we be using our account name to log in?Mod Pips: It will be whatever you currently do for the main game.Will non-members ever be allowed to vote? Sorry if you have already been asked this!Mod Pips: No. Members only, and that won't change.Will you be considering making this poll open to the free players? If you do, you should make it only open to the free players the last 48 hours of the poll, and put certain restrictions on who can vote (ex. must have played for over 30 hours in-game, or certain amount of total level as to prevent spam accounts from voting). Thank you for reading and I hope to hear some feedback from you all.Mod MMG: No, we won’t be opening this up to free players in the last minute. This will remain a members-only vote as the service will still largely be funded by the members, so we need to accurately gauge the level of interest/support.
I believe the false rumour that is circulating around free players being able to vote is currently hurting the poll as there are clearly many free players who are openly supportive but still sitting on the fence at the moment, perhaps with false hope of a last-minute vote.I understand that this was partially answered in the first question, but I will ask it from a different perspective: Will you consider the possibility of F2P access to 2007RS if the F2Ps watch video advertisements? (For example, 15 minutes worth of video advertisements for 2 hours of gameplay in RS2007)Mod MMG: No, we don't have any current plans to provide any ad sponsored service, besides I think you would need to watch an insane amount of videos for even two hours of gameplay. If we get over 750K votes, we will certainly introduce a free service again.Will it be possible at some point for normal members to play as F2P on Old School servers?Mod MMG: Hopefully - if we hit 500K votes - all members will have access to the service for free! I've just seen that we are only 10K away from hitting the 250K level!No trial accounts should be able to vote.Mod Etch: Trial accounts cannot vote.Edit SectionGeneral Questions

What will this game be called? Is its official name "Old School RuneScape" now or are you just using that as a description?Mod Etch: Yes, it's Old School RuneScape. Does what it says on the tin.What made you look for an older version of the game? What was your motivation?Mod Pips: We've seen players talking about and requesting another 'classic' version of the game for some time, but we saw this sentiment really grow in the last few months. The major event was us unearthing an old backup from back in the day, and doing some experimental work to see how complete it was and how likely it was to work with our current infrastructure.As I understand you will be able to change your name in the 2007 servers, by changing your name on the main game. Is this correct? Also, will any progress we make on the early release be saved or rolled back, like is it a test or does it actually count? It originally said that the poll would last for 2 weeks but now it is ending early on this Friday?Mod Philip: Yes, you can change your display name for the main game to change it on the Old School servers.Any progress in the early access will be retained - we are not planning on rolling back. This is for real!
The poll will not end on Friday - you can still vote once the servers are open to determine the level of service we offer.Mod Pips, I think what Utaoki means is if we don't reach 250k/500/750k votes, but later on we gain sufficient players, would a development team be hired to support new content?Mod Pips: We wouldn't rule it out, but right now we're just focused on the outcome of the vote.A lot of people are confused with the display names/account names and what will actually be used. Can you explain it more?Mod Pips: The log-in process doesn't change from the current 'main' game - it will be the same as it is now.I'm very sad to see you won’t add any updates without +500k votes... aren't we good enough?Mod Pips: At 250k there would be a small development team and they would be able to make some occasional updates to the game while also keeping on top of live issues. However, yes: to warrant more regular and larger scale updates, the 500k votes threshold needs to be exceeded.What happens if we get 250k votes and you do the promise you say you will do but you get over 750,000 members playing the game?Mod Etch: Who knows what the future will bring? But in the immediate future, we will be looking at the outcome of the vote.Jagex, is it possible that the day you guys release 07Scape servers, that all of RuneScape will crash? And we'll all lose our items+stats? Don't you think that's possible?Mod Philip: I don't think that will happen - we'd have to mess up quite a bit *and* be very unlucky. Even if it did happen, we have some pretty serious backup systems that would allow us to recover from catastrophes, so you wouldn't lose everything.1) Was it frustrating/fun working on re-introducing 07Scape? (Considering that you have to start ALL OVER again).2) How much time have the dev team spent on the 07Scape servers in total thus far? (Cumulative Time Spent).Mod Philip:

Pretty good fun - I have enjoyed it anyway. It is quite interesting reading the code from back then.

I can't really answer for everyone else, but I have probably spent about 80 hours on it so far (since the Saturday before the poll started), so I am pretty tired now.

What should happen if we barely miss out on the 500k mark? Like if we were to get 460k or something just barely low-balling it, would you consider that a winning 500k, or a failure and a waste of 210k votes?Mod MMG: I've already voted twice on my personal accounts to try and help! However, if it was very close - like 20K or less away - I would certainly make up the difference and pass the vote.Jagex, why did you choose to do a Q&A session this time, and not a live stream? In the sincerest and kindest way possible, is it because you're ashamed of showing yourselves after the mess (EoC) you released?Mod Venger: We are most definitely planning on doing more live streams, as we really enjoy them. We just felt this format was the most efficient way to deal with the weight of questions we expected to get.
I was surprised to see over 2 million unique visits on the vote page so clearly there are a lot of people that are interested in this, but it’s a real shame that only 10% of those players registered their support so far.@The Dude MMG... now you get it! Something must be wrong. I mean, 2 million members... the page could be glitched. Or they are confused. If nothing changes I would count at least 10-80% of those as yes votes.Mod MMG: The 2M visits so far would be blend of both free players & members. We have tried to improve the vote page over time with less text and a clear matrix for what each tier of votes would bring.

Will we be able to buy RS07 membership with the cards we get from 7-11, Wallmart, etc.? VoucherMod MMG: Yes, all current game cards will be able to be used to purchase old school membership.Will the free month of membership start the 22nd or March 1st?Mod Etch: The first free month of membership will end at 23:59 (GMT) on 31st March.I personally use SMS (pay by text) for my membership, will there be an option for me to pay for it also? I have noticed that most special offers neglect the payment type.Mod Pips: If the final vote count is such that an additional payment is needed, we'll definitely set up SMS payment for it.For those of us who pay six months at a time, as I have already paid up until August, assuming we make it to 250k votes how will I be able to pay the $5 fee?Mod Venger: This is one of the many things we are still figuring out. Please be patient while we do and we will publish a billing FAQ in due course.I understand that my question has kind of been answered as I have the quotes below but not to the extent of what I would like what about the extra $5/15. I'm kind of confused with the answer will we have to buy a card and then pay separately the extras or will there be a game card dedicated to RS07?Mod MMG: The cards have a monetary amount of $10 or $20 so any combination of them will allow you to gain access to both versions of the game. A vote today gets you 1 month of current membership and a free month of Old School service, hopefully if we get more than 500K votes (because we also don't want to do the extra billing engine work!) there will be no additional charge.Will my three month membership card I used with 2.5 months left also let me play 07?Mod Etch: If you have voted your first month of the Old School Server is free. After that time, the cost of the service is dependent on the result of the vote!Edit SectionTech Questions

Will people who make new accounts still need to use email to log-in?Mod Philip: Yes - this will be integrated with our current account system, so it uses the same system as the current RuneScape.Dear Jagex, will we players, have to log on using our emails? Or will we be using our account name to log in?Mod Pips: It will be whatever you currently do for the main game.If I am on 2 separate accounts can I play both at same time like EoC & 2007? As this isn't multi-logging accounts as technically I can't trade stuff between them as they are on different servers? If no why?Mod Philip: So long as this is why you are multi-logging, we'd be OK with that.Is there going to be a downloadable 2007 RuneScape Client? Specially for Mac users like myself? Now that HTML5 is coming out for Main RuneScape and old RuneScape is running on Java.Mod Philip: We will see what we can do. I haven't got around to it yet, and I might not by Friday, but it is certainly something we want to do.Can you add Free to Play STYLED servers? Meaning, don't allow F2P users to play 2007 scape, but create servers that emulate F2P because many people preferred Pking in non member servers with just Rune.Mod Mark: That's a nice idea. We could do something like that, yes.How will reports/mutes/bans, et cetera be handled on the servers? Will people who were muted/banned at the time of the backup still be muted/banned?Mod Philip: Reporting abuse will be done via an in-game interface (the same as it was in 2007). This will hook into our current abuse reporting systems. The game will also be hooked into our current ban/mute system - not the one we had back in 2007 (so we are not restoring the ban/mute state from then). If you are muted/banned in RuneScape, you will be in Old School RuneScape.Will there be the Old RuneScape Forums template from 2007? Or just the homepage/highscores?Mod Philip: The forums will be the current forums, not the 2007 version. If we get enough votes, we'll be able to dedicate more resources, and this would become a possibility!Can it be played on Mac?Mod Philip: Yes! I have been developing it on a Mac, so I know it works fine. Apple have made it a bit harder to install Java recently, so you might have a little trouble there, and we might not get the downloadable client done by Friday, but if you can run Java applets in a browser, you should be able to play.Will you be updating the graphics to the 2008 style HD graphics?Mod Mark: Nope. All the graphics will be as they were back in August 2007. That's kind of the point.Will the "Sign in with Facebook" feature work in 07?Mod Mark: Nope, not on launch.Will you add a resizeable/full-screen client?Mod Mark: Sadly not, no. By the way, you have an awesome chathead.Simple question that I haven't seen answered yet - We're getting the classic website template back, but do we get that classic login screen back? I really hope we do! Thanks in advance.Mod Philip: Yes - purple/green flames and all!Will the auto-log-out timer that was always so short (90 seconds) be extended to the time it is today? I think it would be a good idea since that had been a major player complaint over the years.Mod Philip: Yeah - that has been really annoying us while we've been developing it! I think we'll change it to be the same as it is in the main game, so I don't go insane!Will you guys consider to make it so that we can play both the 2007 AND the 2013 servers at the SAME time using the SAME account? I have a thread regarding this issue on the HLF with about 140 posts, a lot of them being supportive to the idea and agreeing with me that without this, we won't be playing the 07 servers as much, or not at all.Mod Venger: We are pretty sure we covered this one before. Unfortunately it's not technically possible to do this, however you will be able to chat across services.So will the system requirements be the same for Old School RuneScape? Thanks.Mod Philip: You'll need the same sort of Java version as today (so not very old versions from 2007), but apart from that the requirements will be closer to the 2007 requirements than today's requirements.Will the Old School RuneScape be able to support being recorded by FRAPS? (did 2007 servers use DirectX/OpenGL?)Mod Etch: Not FRAPS but there are other software tools available.Will you give each player a choice between the 317, 459, and 474 game frames?Mod Philip: We won't be giving a choice initially. If we get more votes, we'll be able to make more changes in the future.Is there any chance on changing the Tab & Chat interface to the one on the 5th of August 2007?Mod Philip: The backup is from the 10th August 2007, so everything that was live then will be available.Edit SectionRelease Date

Is the release date this Friday the 22nd?Mod MMG: YESWhat time on Friday will you be releasing the servers?Mod Philip: We are working to get them out as soon as possible, but there is a lot to do. We'll keep you informed - it might be quite late though!What are you requirements for Friday's “Early access"?Mod Etch: You need to have voted... so go vote!Servers will be up this Friday but it hasn't been two weeks, votes are still coming in, does this mean the voting is being cut off? =[Mod Etch: No, voting will not end! We have already passed 50K votes and we promised to bring it back. We really wanted to bring this to you as soon as humanly possible. Remember, though: it will be rough around the edges to begin with.Will everyone who is a member have access this Friday to RuneScape 2007?Mod Etch: Everyone who has voted can.How is it this Friday when the poll ends on Friday the first?Mod Pips: The poll smashed through the minimum 50,000 votes threshold on the opening day of the poll, which meant we knew quickly that the service was coming back. From that point we've been working really hard to get it up and running.Would people who haven't voted yet but vote before the 22nd have access to the server opening on Friday?Mod Philip: Yes! Vote! If you vote at any point before the poll ends, you will have access.Will the free month of membership start the 22nd or March 1st?Mod Etch: The first free month of membership will end at 23:59 (GMT) on 31st March.I purchased membership just now so I could vote, will I get access to the server on Friday?Mod Etch: Yes indeed, everyone that votes can play!Is the release on Friday going to be a beta, or is it a full release?Mod Pips: We're calling it an Early Access release - it will be the real deal, but will probably be rough around the edges. We don't intend to reset the servers or perform roll backs, so everyone can start their progress this weekend.When will I be able to play the 2007 version of RS?
Mod Pips: If you've voted it will be (all going well) this coming Friday!You are doing an early release late Friday. Will you be closing down the '07 servers after a period of time, or will we be able to continue playing it until you release the full version? Also, if that is the case, would you be able to confirm at this time if the game will re-reset once you upload the FULL '07 game, and any progress we have made will have to be redone? Thank you in advance. LOVE how you guys are doing all of this.Mod Pips: We're not planning to do a reset - it'll be the real deal.Will the Early Access release be just this Friday or the whole weekend? Also, will you pick PMods just from their gameplay of Old School RuneScape and a fresh new team? It's until the full release. PMods in the current game will be PMods in Old School. Vice versa.Mod MMG: I'm happy to report the service will start for good from Friday onwards (provided of course the team don't run into any major issues but we are truly doing our best to bring it online quickly).Is it an actual launch of the server or just early access? Like when the voting ends does the 2007 go offline and then will it come back on or once it's up on Friday will it stay up?Mod Etch: Once the early access is up on Friday it will stay up, how many improvements and fixes are made will, again, very much depend on the outcome of the vote...Is it being released THIS FRIDAY - 22ND?Mod Etch: Yes, THIS Friday. Everyone's kind of busy here at Jagex.Will this "rough version" be the permanent version, I mean... will any progress in the game we make on the 22nd be in the final version of 07? Thanks.Mod Etch: Barring any major technical issues the progress you make in the 22nd will stay. Remember the level of updates and fixes we can make to the game depends on the level of votes we receive.Mod Pips: Yes, progress will be retained - we're not planning a reset once it's live.First I just wanna say how happy I am this is finally happening! At first how rough are things going to be? What should we expect?Mod Pips: Really glad you're happy with it In terms of how rough; apart from the more severe bugs which we're fixing prior to Friday, any less critical issues or glitches that were there in August 2007 may still be present in the re-release. There may be isolated sections of content which are temporarily disabled for launch if we cannot fix them properly in time - hopefully this won't be necessary.Will there be JMods on Friday on the release day? I hope so! I'm excited to see part of Jagex team supporting us!Mod Daezhun: Definitely! We'll be in-game with you all.Edit SectionGame-Specific Questions

Will chat filter be brought back?Mod Philip: Yes it will. The game will be as it was back in 2007, including the chat filter. However, if we have a big enough development team to look after, then we can think about actual game updates.Will you ever consider 2x XP weekends or double loot weekends when the game has picked up, say when a majority of people are starting to get 100+ combat?Mod Mark: No. Just like the lack of a Grand Exchange, the XP rates are part of the charm of the Old School game. The game will be just as it was back in 2007. That includes XP rates. Generally speaking the concept of double XP weekends or increased XP gains weren’t introduced until 2010-2011.Could you not update the server since it is a Old School server and should stay that way?Mod Mark: Don’t worry – any updates that we decide to release will be done so by working with the Old School community. We will only go with updates that the overwhelming majority of players want. Don’t forget that if we don’t hit 500k votes, there won’t be any significant updates to the game anyway.Is there any way that we can get Clan Wars in? Ever since EoC it has been destroyed. I know there are many people who miss Clan Wars.Mod Mark: It's possible for us to get anything in, it's just a matter of development time. Right now, we're focusing on the things that existed back then. As I said above, if we get a big enough vote to get a dedicated development team on the 07 game, then anything's possible!Will there be Tutorial Island?Mod Pips: Yes!What is the official rule about trading gp for 07scape gp?Mod Mark: Good question. There is no way for us to support cross-product trading. If you made a trade on one game in the assumption that you'd get a trade on a different game then you'd be relying on trust alone. There aren't any rules or guidelines on this matter. Its up to the individuals involved.Firstly, shout-out to W00ters! Mod Marks fc, and the question: Do you think members will eventually ask for more recent content and eventually it will defeat the object of having an Old School server as it will be filled with up to date content?Mod Mark: Hey W00ters! (that's my fc by the way).
To answer your question... I doubt it. The amount of time it would take to add all the new content we have added since is HUUUGE! And of course, by the time it was done there would be even more content to add! The team dedicated to the main game is very big - hundreds of people.
Don't forget that all content that we add will be done so by deciding with the 07 community, and only if we have a dedicated dev team on it.How do you feel that the community is split 50/50 on bringing back rares? Could they be implemented as treasure trails?Mod Mark: Nice idea! The community is often split regarding specific updates, and the 07 community will be no different. The plan is to work with the 07 community and anything we do will need to have the support of an overwhelming majority of the players.Am I correct in thinking Stronghold of Security was released 2006? So, I assume it will be in Barbarian Village, then. I want my 10k.Mod Mark: Yes, you are correct. The stronghold was launched in August the previous year. Go get your 10kHello there Jagex Mods, I would like to be confirmed on if the music tracks are the newer or older ones.Mod Etch: It will be all the audio from 07. Old School!Will there be advertisements (banner or otherwise) displayed?Mod Philip: For members, there will be no advertisements. If we hit the vote target to open for free players, free players will be shown adverts, as in the current game (and as in 2007!).Upon the Friday launch, will we be given task-specific worlds such as a world for Barbarian Assault, a world for Pest Control, a world for Trade, etc? Approximately how many worlds will we see? (15, 25, 50?)Mod Philip: Back in 2007, we didn't put labels on the worlds like that, so no. There will be around 50 or so worlds initially, and we'll see if we need to add/remove worlds from that based upon demand.How do you plan on starting the economy from 0? Or are you going to give everyone a starting block because starting from zero is very difficult.Mod Mark: I'm confident the economy will adjust, there is no reason why it can't. Certainly items will have different player values than they do in the current game. In many ways, it will be quite exciting to see what happens!The Evil Chicken returns...well, at least I hope so. Well, Jagex, after scrolling through pages and pages of posts (skipping a few here and there) I still do not see the answers to what I am wondering. Do we begin as level 3? If not, does our bank transfer between EoC and 2007 RS? If we skill on the 2007 server does the XP increase if we log into the EoC server? I guess I'm just not seeing the big picture and wondering what to expect.Mod MMG: Yes, everyone will feel the exhilaration of being a level 3 noob again for a short period of time. No bank transfer, XP siphon or any other link with the main game - except, of course, for friends chat and private chat.Randoms. Will these be in the game since they were in 07?Mod Mark: Yes, randoms will be there. I'm looking forward to meeting up with my old matey the drunk dwarf.In March of 2009, specifically the 17th, you guys made a vital update. It was a 'Route-finding' update. For the longest time whenever you clicked to move, your character would take a couple steps in the opposite direction before running in the actual direction you clicked in. This is more of a quality of life issue more than a "nostalgic" issue. I'm sure nobody loves a technical limitation like this one. Are there any thoughts on fixing this for the release or maybe within a couple months?Mod Philip: We were not planning on making that change immediately as we want the authentic 2007 experience as much as possible - if it has support, we might make it later.Will worlds still be labelled by location? Eg British worlds were 81, 82, 83... etc.Mod Venger: Yes, but we have not decided exactly how at this time.I heard that rares will be introduced back into the game by way of veteran accounts that originally completed the events. (Party Hats and Santas). Is this true? (Please be true, because I was not aware that accounts had to be transferred into RS2. I had a party hat and santa too!)Mod Mark: No, that's not true. As mentioned above, there will be no rares on launch, but we could consider adding them to the game in some way if we had a dedicated dev team to support the 07 servers.Will the drop rates of items remain the same (Barrows) or will they be reset to what there previously were.Mod Mark: The drop rates will be the same as they were back in 2007.Will players be able to select if they are a warrior adventurer or a skiller like way back in RuneScape?Mod Mark: Wow! You're really old school! Nope, you won't have to do that. It will be the old character design screen... but not that old!Jagex, were emotes in RuneScape in 2007? Because I feel the need to portray my emotions in-game. :pMod Etch: Yes - including the old dance emote, which was pretty awesome!Jagex, where is Nex in 07Scape? Is she not born yet or something?Mod Mark: She will be just a twinkle in Mod Chris L's eye.Will we have back our tutorial island?Mod Etch: Yes, yes and yes! Old School...WOOOT WOOOT! Promise us to not introduce the GE at all, I want NO BONUS XP stuffz.Mod MMG: Agreed.What's the best boss back in 07?Mod Mark: Well, Jad was there, as were the Barrows Brothers. Personally, I'm looking forward to fighting an old school KBD.What if we have clans in the current RuneScape? Will they be transferred over or will we make separate clans?Mod Pips: The current game's clan system didn't exist back in 2007. So no, it will not be transferred.Will there be a veteran world or area for people who made their account on or before 2007?Mod Pips: This isn't something we're thinking about yet. A massive part of the love for RuneScape in 2007 wasn't just the game but the community. So we're reticent to add artificial divisions in Old School RuneScape.I missed the old school Jad! One question about Fight Caves, though: if I remember correctly there was a period where if you disconnected or logged out in between waves you would lose your progress and have to restart everything. Will that be changed in 07, or was that done already in 07?Mod Mark: I *think* we added the checkpoint system before then, which would allow you to log out between certain waves.Is there any promotion for the current RS when we sigh up and log in to 2007?Mod Mark: It's something we are thinking about right now. Ideally we would like to let all our players know about the great updates we are doing in the main game, but quite how we do that we are unsure about. Something like a message on log-in might work.Is the world map going to remain as it is currently, or will it return to looking incomplete as it was back in 2007?Mod Mark: Well, firstly there was no world map button on the main interface. It was a link at the top of the screen to a separate window that would open up. We’re going to provide a static image of the world map that you can open up as a launch requirement, but the old world map will take a little longer to get working.5 worlds is not enough, that works out at 2000 max per world, 100,000 people. If 250k have voted and Friday I'm pretty sure well over 100,000 will be trying to log in. How are you going to cope with the high demand?Mod Philip: I don't think we'll have more than 100,000 *concurrent* players. Our players are spread around the world, in different time zones. If we do look like we are going to start exceeding it, we have plenty of server capacity to put up more worlds fairly quickly.Dear Jagex, When you say bug abuse/exploitation is going to be un-tolerated and users who do so will be banned, does this include simpler ones such as taking advantage of small graphicals before they are fixed for fun and to relive the old days? I've always felt glitching was a large part of the RuneScape community when it comes to graphical glitches. Obviously abuse of bugs such as dupes should be banned, but I don't see it necessary for graphical glitches.Mod Pips: To be honest, while we're not happy with graphic glitching, that's not what we're as concerned about. Anyone exploiting bugs for material gain will get a perm ban across both services.Dear any Mod, can we get the XP control like in EoC where you can choose to train attack strength or defense or all 3 because the problem is what if someone has a pure and they mess it up like say they accidentally get 7 defense instead of 1 zerker 45 -48. Since you won't roll back can we expect something maybe down the road to control the exp training? So people won't quit if they accidentally mess it up or get tricked like with a salamander or Butterfly net?Mod Mark: That's something we could add in the future if we hit that magic 500k vote, given that a change like that would require significant development time. I think many people, though, might not want that change. I hear a lot of chat about the "skill" of making a pure and for many people, avoiding those circumstances was part of that skill.Should I make my other character a member for one month to try and get the count over 500 so we can have Old School RuneScape free? Is it still possible to vote more? Is it allowed to vote on all our member characters?Mod Philip: The votes are per account, not per person. So yes: you can vote on multiple accounts.How much of a problem do you see in Tutorial Island at the very beginning of the game? Hundreds if not thousands per world all trying to cut one tree or kill a rat or mine the copper/tin ore will be quite problematic!Mod Mark: Yes, you're quite right that there will be issues with that island if we have thousands of players running through it at the same time. Cool yes, but not great if everybody is competing for resources just to get off Tutorial Island. We are currently working on a variety of methods to deal with this problem to make the experience fun for everyone but let's be honest: the competition for noob resources is going to be pretty crazy in the main game, too.Edit SectionCommunity Questions

Does anyone have a time machine I can use?Mod MMG: Yes! We have one in the Atrium.Since you're answering live through this thread, is it possible at some point you'll conglomerate?Mod Etch: Yes, the team will work through the night to produce a digest for you in the morning (GMT). We'll get a news post up to let you know where it is.Do you JMods vote as well? You guys should be on our side!Mod Pips: We're very excited about it, yes! Many of us have voted.Are the JMods as excited as we are?Mod Pips: Excited, anxious, tired, happy - so many emotions as we're on the cusp of opening (re-opening?) another service for the community!I played RuneScape almost religiously until about 2008.Mod Etch: Great to see you back!So is the Q&A over guys?Mod Etch: Officially, yes, but there's some pizza left and we enjoy chatting with you all.Are you guys over at Jagex shocked or surprised about the support and response you have received towards the return of 07?Mod MMG: I was surprised to see over 2 million unique visits on the vote page, so clearly there are a lot of people that are interested in this, but it’s a real shame that only 10% of those players registered their support so far.Will be there a summary of this live FAQ?Mod Etch: Yes - there will be a digest up tomorrow.A question to any mod! Who is your favorite "old school" Pker?Mod Mark: Clearly the answer is... me Fear my l33t skills. Honestly though, all sorts of players have impressed the hell out of me with their amazing skills. They know who they are and they were (and in most cases, still are) awesome.Will there be JMods on Friday on the release day? I hope so! I'm excited to see part of Jagex team supporting us!Mod Daezhun: Definitely! We'll be in-game with you all.Thank you for answering our questions.1) Will the strict rule enforcement of 2007 make a return? Players used to be punished for scamming and spamming, which I think was one of the reasons the community was so great.2) Will you change the rules to make luring and/or gambling bannable offences? Both of these have an incredibly detrimental effect on the community and are against the spirit of the game.3> I don't trust the community to know what is best for the game. If there are polls on content updates, they would probably vote to include the GE and the GWD. The whole point of the servers is that they lack updates. Can you please promise us not to let the servers get ruined by later updates?Mod Daezhun: I'll try and reply to this as briefly as possible.
The rules will be the same as the current game. A member of one is a member of both, so we have to keep uniform rules across the board. The rules have evolved over time, and we have adapted based on how the community has changed. Each player has grown with us and changed over the years, and the rules that are in place currently reflect these overall changes. We shan't be going back to the old rules.
As for question number 3, this year is very much about the community and as such it's about the choices that the community makes. We have to trust that the community has its own best interests at heart just as we do for the community.Edit SectionThank Yous

Just saying thank you for doing this for us. =)Mod MMG: Thank you, the team and I are glad to be able to be part of this.</span>TBH we should all send Jagex some coffee, they're kicking ass with getting this done in a week. Good job you guys.Mod Etch: Can you send some donuts too?Edit SectionPMods

Will current Player Moderators of RuneScape hold the same status in the OSR servers?Mod Philip: Yes - PMod status is related to your RuneScape account, not to your character, so PMods in RuneScape will be PMods in Old School RuneScape.Will there be Player Moderators selected to help Jagex keep these new free of unwanted people who's reasons are purely to upset others?Mod Daezhun: We've had a lot of discussions surrounding this with our PMod team, and yes: we do want there to be PMods active in the Old School RuneScape. PMods in Old School Servers will also be PMods in the current RuneScape.1) Many players have expressed their concern over the likeliness of having to pay membership on the OSS servers AND current RuneScape – Will separate payment options exist such as how FunOrb can be paid with or without RuneScape?2) Will current Player Moderators of RuneScape hold the same status in the OSS servers?3) Resources will be crowded by players in the early stages of the game (naturally) and possibly even after the population settles down - is there any plans as to how many servers/worlds will be used to accommodate the players of Old School RuneScape?PS: Thank you for letting people try out the servers before the poll ends – you have truly outdone yourselves with this ‘update’; very professionally done!Mod MMG: We did look at both options: a higher standalone price for just Old School servers, as well as the option of bundling it with existing membership. While the total cost for either option would be the same, we felt that going with the latter option was preferred since it had the extra benefit of allowing players to still readily play the main game and not being isolated on any one service. Naturally, if we get enough support for this there will not be any additional membership fee, so register your vote now if you haven't already done so.
It would be awesome to see the community breakthrough the 250K level before this live Q&A was over!
As far as game resources are concerned there will be ample new game worlds to handle the amount of players that have voted.
Thank you for the kind sentiment, I know the team really appreciate it.

Last nights questions as they were updated:

Spoiler

Q) If we reach 250,000 votes, will there be ANY opportunity for F2P'ers to play?
A) While we would love our free player community to be able to play too, its only after 750,000 votes that we could afford to offer a free service.

Q) Will we be able to buy Rs07 membership with the cards we get from 7-11, walmart, etc.? Voucher
Mod MMG: A) Yes, all current game cards will be able to be used to purchase old school membership.

Is the release date this Friday the 22nd?
Mod MMG: YES

Will chat filter be brought back?" - T N T Kiwil

Mod Philip: Yes it will. The game will be as it was back in 2007 including the chat filter. However, if we have a big enough development team to look after it then we can think about actual game updates.

"2) Will current Player Moderators of RuneScape hold the same status in the OSS servers?" - Falador

Mod Philip: Yes - PMod status is related to your RuneScape account, not to your character, so PMods in RuneScape will be PMods in Old School RuneScape.

Will you ever consider 2x xp weekends or double loot weekends when the game has picked up, say when a majority of people are starting to get 100+ combat?

Mod Mark: No. Just like the lack of a Grand Exchange, the XP rates are part of the charm of the Old School game. The game will be just as it was back in 2007. That includes XP rates. Generally speaking the concept of double xp weekends or increased XP gains weren’t introduced until 2010-2011.

Could you explain what you mean by "updates" so that people have a clearer idea what to expect, as a better basis for a decision on whether to continue voting or deciding to abstain?

Initially, these updates will be to fix bugs and smooth out any teething issues with the service. After this point (and assuming there are enough votes to have a dedicated development team) the future updates will be driven by the players, based on discussions, feedback and polls.

Are you currently working on fixing any bugs or glitches that existed back then?

Yes, after getting the ‘raw’ 2007 game up actually running, our biggest priority is fixing serious glitches or exploitative bugs. Guarding the integrity of the game is of upmost importance. We are working hard to clear the game of abusable bugs for the early access release, but some other less severe (non-exploitable) glitches may be present for a short while until we catch up and fix those too.

Please be aware that we will have a zero tolerance approach to cheaters and bug abusers – any such behaviour will result in permanent bans across both the main game and the old school servers.

Rather than paying an *additional* fee of $15 or $5, will it be possible to only pay that amount and only have access to the 2007 servers?

No, the existing membership fee subsidises the cost of running the additional service. Remember that if there is enough support and the poll exceeds 500k votes, then no additional membership fees will be required.

Is it really necessary for everyone to start fresh when literally everyone has spent years getting their skills up just for it to be worthless and a waste of time?

We really want players to continue enjoying both the main and the old school services, so any current progress is certainly not wasted! The need to start fresh is an absolute technical requirement, and will not change.

Mattonline asks: - "Will rares be available in these 2007 servers?"

Not initially, no. The only way back in 2007 to get a “rare” (and by that I mean discontinued items like party hats) was to get it from another player, and since nobody will have rares, they won’t be available.
However…
If we do get over 500k votes on the poll, we are going to create a dedicated development team big enough to create actual updates for the 2007 servers. One of those updates could be to add old rare items to the game. We will of course work with the 2007 community to decide what those updates are.

Spycka asks: - Any plans to prevent gambling in old school runescape ?

Not on launch. The game will be as it was back in 2007, warts n all. However, as I mentioned above, if we have a big enough development team to look after it then we can think about actual game updates. One of those could be to prevent the use of gambling orientated objects.

Barahn asks: - Can you remove wilderness ditch?

No, we won’t be removing the wilderness ditch- in fact back in 2007 we had only just added it! It was put there to help stop luring. As far as I am aware the ditch didn’t cause any issues with genuine gameplay… it is only 1 extra click. If you’re a lurer, then boo hiss to you!

"Will Old RS, 2007 RuneScape have it's own website with all the features and look like back then?" - Old RS 4Life

For the early access launch on Friday we intend to have the Homepage, World Select page and Hiscores all ready to go. We may look to add additional sections to the site dependant on the final vote total. The page will look exactly as you remember in 2007 (apart from fixing navigation issues) and will be accessible from the main RuneScape homepage and on a separate Old School micro-site.

"Will it be possible to use the FC function to chat with others from the main game?" - Ulriah

Yes, you will be able to chat directly to your friends across both the current and old servers. We are aiming to have friends lists, private messaging and friend chat (or clan chat as it was called in 2007) working for Friday's early access.

Silouette asks: - Also wondering if 07 servers will get holiday events?

As mentioned in the above posts, a big enough vote (500k+) will get you a team capable of making genuine game updates, which could include holiday events.

"In 07scape, are we be using our current 'display name' as our in game names?" - Pro Football

Yes, your display name is for your RuneScape account, not character, and will therefore be the same across both the old and current versions of the game.

"Will we be able to play both servers at the same time on the same account or will we have to create a new account for that?" - Scret

No, players will be able to play both servers from the same account but will not be able login to both servers simultaneously.

Aasim Cool asks: - is it possible to add GWD?

Oddly enough, the God Wars Dungeon was originally released in August 2007, only 2 weeks after the version of the game we are launching. However, we don’t have any backups for the content we were working on that wasn’t part of the live game, so if we did want to make the GWD for 2007 servers, we would have to start from scratch. That’s at least a few thousand hours of work if you add together graphics, testing, coding etc.

"Does a ban or mute on 1 game/forum automatically have an effect on the other?" - Elf Carnatir

Yes, all bans or mutes are on your RuneScape Account, not the character, therefore if you receive a ban in either version of the game this will effect your entire account.

"How many worlds do you guys plan on adding if it for example reaches around 350k votes? Will you be able to provide players with enough worlds so some of the people are not restricted on playing in overcrowded or laggy worlds?" - sh0w

We have made every provision to ensure that we have plenty of worlds for players to play on and that overcrowding and lag is kept to a minimum. We have already assigned dedicated new servers capable to cope with a peak concurrent of 100,000 players. If we need to scale up past this number, we can.

Marcin K asks:- Will it be possible to introduce The Grand Exchange to 2007 Runescape at all or is it totally NO-GO option?

No. Part of the charm of the old servers was the lack of a Grand Exchange and relying on player to player trading in game. Many a long hour was spent hosting “bank sales”. Ah, the memories. I used to make serious cash doing opportune food and potion sales in Edgeville.

Could you not update the server since it is a oldschool server and should stay that way?

Mod Mark: Don’t worry – any updates that we decide to release will be done so by working with the Old School community. We will only go with updates that the overwhelming majority of players want. Don’t forget that if we don’t hit 500k votes, there won’t be any significant updates to the game anyway.

Zack4876: There any way that we can get clan wars in? Ever since EOC it has been destroyed. I know there are many people who miss Clan wars.

Mod Mark: Its possible for us to get anything in, its just a matter of development time. Rigt now were focussing on the things that existed back then. As I said above, if we get a big enough vote to get a dedicated development team on the 07 game, then anythings possible!

My question: What time on Friday will you be releasing the servers?

Mod Philip: We are working to get them out as soon as possible, but there is a lot to do. We'll keep you informed - it might be quite late though!

"Will there be tutorial island?"

Mod Pips: Yes!

Zaros Dragon:- What is the official rule about trading gp for 07scape gp?

Mod Mark: Good question. There is no way for us to support cross product trading. If you made a trade on one game in the assumption that you'd get a trade on a different game then you'd be relying on trust alone. There aren't any rules or guidelines on this matter. Its up to the individuals involved.

Will there be player moderaters selected to help jagex keep these new free of unwanted people whos reasons are purley to upset others?

Mod Daezhun: We've had a lot of discussions surrounding this with our P-Mod team and yes, we do want there to be P-Mods active in the Old School RuneScape. P-Mods in Old School Servers will also be P-Mods in the current RuneScape.

Just to confirm, do we use the same login as the current server?

Mod Pips: Yup, that's right.

Mod MMG and all others who are working on the Old School RuneScape (OSS) servers:
1) Many players have expressed their concern over the likeliness of having to pay membership on the OSS servers AND current RuneScape – Will separate payment options exist such as how FunOrb can be paid with or without RuneScape?
2) Will current Player Moderators of RuneScape hold the same status in the OSS servers?
3) Resources will be crowded by players in the early stages of the game (naturally) and possibly even after the population settles down - is there any plans as to how many servers/worlds will be used to accommodate the players of Old School RuneScape?
PS: Thank you for letting people try out the servers before the poll ends – you have truly outdone yourselves with this ‘update’ ; very professionally done!

Mod Mmg: We did look at both options, a higher standalone price for just Old School servers as well as the option of bundling it with existing membership and whilst the total cost for either option would be the same we felt that going with the latter option was preferred since it had the extra benefit of allowing players to still readily play the main game and not being isolated on any one service.
Naturally if we get enough support for this there will not be any additional membership fee, so register your vote now if you haven't already done so.

It would be awesome to see the community breakthrough the 250K level before this live Q&A was over!

As far as game resources are concerned there will be ample new game worlds to handle the amount of players that have voted.

Thank you for the kind sentiment, I know the team really appreciate it

Are there going to be a downloadable 2007 Runescape Client? Specially for mac users like myself? Now that HTML5 is coming out for Main Runescape and old Runescape is running on java.

Mod Philip: We will see what we can do - I haven't got around to it yet, and I might not by Friday, but it is certainly something we want to do.

Swerve City asks:- Can you add Free to Play STYLED servers? Meaning, don't allow F2P users to play 2007 scape, but create servers that emulate F2P because many people preferred Pking in non member servers with just Rune.

Mod Mark: Thats a nice idea. We could do something like that yes.

"What are you requirements for "Friday's early access?" "

Mod Etch: You need to have voted..... so go vote

How will reports/mutes/bans, et cetera be handled on the servers?

Will people who were muted/banned at the time of the backup still be muted/banned?

Mod Philip: Reporting abuse will be done via an in-game interface (the same as it was in 2007). This will hook into our current abuse reporting systems. The game will also be hooked into our current ban/mute system - not the one we had back in 2007 (so we are not restoring the ban/mute state from then). If you are muted/banned in RuneScape, you will be in Old School RuneScape.

Firstly, shoutout to W00ters! Mod Marks fc, and the question: Do you think members will eventually ask for more recent content and eventually it will defeat the object of having an old school server as it will be filled with up to date content?

Mod Mark: Hey w00ters! (thats my fc by the way).

To answer your question... I doubt it. The amount of time it would take to add all the new content we have added since is HUUUGE! And of course, by the time it was done there would be even more content to add! The team dedicated to the main game is very big - hundreds of people.

Don't forget that all content that we add will be done so by deciding with the 07 community, and only if we have a dedicated dev team on it.

"Servers will be up this friday but it hasn't been two weeks, votes are still coming in, does this mean the voting is being cut off? =[ "

Mod Etch: No voting will not end! We have already passed 50K votes and we promised to bring it back. We really wanted to bring this to you as soon as humanly possible. Remember though it will be rough around the edges to begin with.

Will there be the Old RuneScape Forums template from 2007? Or just the homepage/hiscores?

Mod Philip: The forums will be the current forums, not the 2007 version. If we get enough votes, we'll be able to dedicate more resources, and this would become a possibility!

"Will everyone who is a member have access this Friday to runescape 2007?"

Mod Etch: Everyone who has voted can.

Thank you for answering our questions
1. Will the strict rule enforcement of 2007 make a return? Players used to be punished for scamming and spamming, which I think was one of the reasons the community was so great.
2. Will you change the rules to make luring and/or gambling bannable offences? Both of these have an incredibly detrimental effect on the community and are against the spirit of the game.
3. I don't trust the community to know what is best for the game. If there are polls on content updates, they would probably vote to include the GE and the GWD. The whole point of the servers is that they lack updates. Can you please promise us not to let the servers get ruined by later updates?

Mod Daezhun: I'll try and reply to this as briefly as possible.

The rules will be the same as the current game. A member of one is a member of both, so we have to keep uniform rules across the board. The rules have evolved over time, and we have adapted based on how the community has changed. Each player has grown with us and changed over the years, and the rules that are in place currently reflect these overall changes. We shan't be going back to the old rules.

As for question number 3, this year is very much about the community and as such it's about the choices that the community makes. We have to trust that the community has its own best interests at heart just as we do for the community.

How is it this friday when the poll ends on friday the first?

Mod Pips: The poll smashed through the minimum 50,000 votes threshold on the opening day of the poll, which meant we knew quickly that the service was coming back. From that point we've been working really hard to get it up and running.

Does anyone have a time machine i can use?

Mod Mmg: Yes! we have one in the atrium

How do you feel that the community is split 50/50 on bringing back rares? Could they be implemented as treasure trails?

Mod Mark: Nice idea! The community is often split regarding specific updates, and the 07 community will be no different. The plan is to work with the 07 community and anything we do will need to have the support of an overwhelming majority of the players.

Would people who HAVENT voted yet but vote before the 22nd have access to the servr opening on Friday?

Mod Philip: Yes! Vote! If you vote at any point before the poll ends, you will have access.

Can it be played on mac?

Mod Philip: Yes! I have been developing it on a mac, so I know it works fine. Apple have made it a bit harder to install Java recently, so you might have a little trouble there, and we might not get the downloadable client done by Friday, but if you can run Java applets in a browser, you should be able to play.

Will you be updating the graphics to the 2008 style HD graphics?

Mod Mark: Nope. All the graphics will be as they were back in August 2007. Thats kinda the point

What made you look for a older version of the game? what was your motivation?

Mod Pips: We've seen players talking about and requesting another 'classic' version of the game for some time, but we saw this sentiment really grow in the last few months. The major event was us unearthing an old backup from back in the day and doing some experimental work to see how complete it was and how likely it was to work with our current infrastructure.

"Since you're answering live through this thread, is it possible at some point you'll conglomerate"

Mod Etch: Yes the team the will work through the night to produce a digest for you in the morning (GMT). We'll get a newspost up to let you know where it is.

Hi, so what if we dont reach 50k.. but later more player added to the server... will there be a change then?

Mod Pips: Dude, you already did get 50k - we're actually doing this!

PLEASE ANSWER!! Will people who make new accs still need to use email to login?!?!

Mod Philip: Yes - this will be integrated with our current account system, so it uses the same system as the current RuneScape.

Am I correct in thinking stronghold of secruity was released 2006? So I assume it will be in barbarian village then? I want my 10k.

Mod Mark: Yes, you are correct. The stronghold was launched in August the previous year. Go get your 10k

"Hello there Jagex Mod's i would like to be confirmed on if the music tracks are the newer or older ones"

Mod Etch: It will be all the audio from 07. Old School!

Will there be advertisements (banner or otherwise) displayed?

Mod Philip: For members, there will be no advertisements. If we hit the vote target to open for free players, free players will be shown adverts, as in the current game (and as in 2007!).

Do you J mods vote as well? You guys should be on our side!

Mod Pips: We're very excited about it - yes many of us have voted

Will the "Sign in with Facebook" feature work in 07?

Mod Mark: Nope, not on launch.

"Will the Free month of membership start the 22nd or March 1st?"

Mod Etch: The first free month of membership will end at 23:59 (GMT) on 31st March.

Dear Jagex, will we players, have to log on using our emails? Or will we be using our account name to log in?

Mod Pips: It will be whatever you currently do for the main game.

Will non-members ever be allowed to vote? Sorry if you have already been asked this!

Mod Pips: No, members only and that won't change.

As i understand you will be able to change you name in the 2007 servers, by changing your name on the main game this is correct?
also will any progress we make on the early realese be saved or rolled back, like is it a test or does it actually count?
It originally said that the poll would last for 2 weeks but now it is ending early on this Friday?

Mod Philip: Yes, you can change your display name for the main game to change it in the Old School servers.

Any progress in the early access will be retained - we are not planning on rolling back. This is for real!

The poll will not end on Friday - you can still vote once the servers are open to determine the level of service we offer.

Are the Jmods as exited as we are?

Mod Pips: Excited, anxious, tired, happy - so many emotions as we're on the cusp of opening (re-opening?) another service for the community!

Will you be considering making this poll open to the free players? If you do, you should make it only open to the free players the last 48 hours of the poll, and put certain restrictions on who can vote (ex. must have played for over 30 hours in-game, or certain ammount of total level. as to prevent spam accounts from voting). Thank you for reading and i hope to hear some feedback from you all

Mod Mmg: Hey Herme5, No, we wont be opening this up to free players in the last minute, this will remain a members only vote as the service will still largely be funded by the members so we need to accurately gauge the level of interest/support.

I believe the false rumor that is circulating around free players being able to vote is currently hurting the poll as there are clearly many free players who are openly supportive but still sitting on the fence at the moment perhaps with false hope of a last minute vote.

Upon the Friday launch, will we be given task-specific worlds such as a world for Barbarian Assault, a world for Pest Control, a world for Trade, etc?

Approximately how many worlds will we see? (15, 25, 50?)

Mod Philip: Back in 2007, we didn't put labels on the worlds like that, so no. There will be around 50 or so worlds initially, and we'll see if we need to add/remove worlds from that based upon demand.

Hahah Mod Pips I think what Utaoki means is if we don't reach 250k/500/750k votes, but later on, we gain sufficient players, would a development team be hired to support new content?

Mod Pips: We wouldn't rule it out, but right now we're just focused on the outcome of the vote.

How do you plan on starting the ecconomy from 0 or are u going to give everyone a starting block cause starting from zero is very difficult.

Mod Mark: I'm confident the economy will adjust, there is no reason why it cant. Certainly items will have different player values than they do in the current game. In many ways, it will be quite exciting to see what happens!

I purchased membership just now so i could vote, will i get access to the server on Friday?

Mod Etch: Yes indeed, everyone that votes can play!

Is the release on Friday going to be a beta, or is it a full release?

Mod Pips: We're calling it an Early Access release - it will be the real deal, but will probably be rough around the edges. We don't intend to reset the servers or perform roll backs, so everyone can start their progress this weekend.

Yay the evil chicken returns.. well at least I hope so.

Well jagex. after scrolling through pages and pages of posts (skipping a few here and there) I still do not see the answers to what I am wondering..

Do we begin as level 3?
If not, does our bank transfer between eoc and 2007 rs?
If we skill on the 2007 server does the xp increase if we log into the eoc server?

I guess I'm just not seeing the big picture and wondering what to expect.

Mod Mmg: Yes everyone will feel the exhilaration of being a level 3 noob again for a short period of time
No Bank transfer, XP siphon or any other link with the main game except of course for friends chat and private chat.

Alot of people are confused with the display names/account names and what will actually be used. Can you explain it more?

Mod Pips: The login process doesn't change from the current 'main' game - it will be the same as it is now.

Randoms. Will these be in the game since they were in 07?

Mod Mark: Yes, randoms will be there. I'm looking forward to meeting up with my old matey the drunk dwarf

In March of 2009, specifically the 17th, you guys made a vital update. It was a 'Route-finding' update. For the longest time whenever you clicked to move, your character would take a couple steps in the opposite direction before running in the actual direction you clicked in.
This is more of a quality of life issue more than a "nostalgic" issue. I'm sure nobody loves a technical limitation like this one.
Is there any thoughts in fixing this for the release or maybe within a couple months?

Mod Philip: We were not planning on making that change immediately as we want the authentic 2007 experience as much as possible - if it has support, we might make it later.

Will worlds still be labeled by location? E.G British worlds were 81, 82, 83... etc.

Mod Venger: Yes, but we have not decided exectly how at this time.

Livy guides asks:- I heard that rares will be introduced back into the game by way of veteran accounts that originally completed the events. (Party Hats and Santas). Is this true? (Please be true, because I was not aware that accounts had to be transfered into RS2. I had a party hat and santa too!)

Mod Mark: No, that's not true. As mentioned above, there will be no rares on launch, but we could consider adding them to the game in some way if we had a dedicated dev team to support the 07 servers.

I'm very sad to see you wont add any updates without +500k votes.. aren't we good enough

Mod Pips: At 250k there would be a small development team and they would be able to make some occasional updates to the game whilst also keeping on top of live issues. However yes, to warrant more regular and larger scale updates, the 500k votes threshold needs to be exceeded.

Will the drop rates of items remain the same (barrows)
or will they be reset to what there previously were.

Mod Mark: The drop rates will be the same as they were back in 2007.

When will I be able to play the 2007 version of RS?

Mod Pips: If you've voted it will be (all going well) this coming Friday!

Will players be able to select if they are a warrior adventurer or a skiller.. like way back in RuneScape???

Mod Mark: Wow! You're really oldskool! Nope, you won't have to do that. It will be the old character design screen.. but not that old!

Jagex, were emotes in RuneScape in 2007?
Because I feel the need to portray my emotions in-game. :p

Mod Etch: Yes - including the old dance emote which was pretty awesome!

I personally use Sms (pay by text) for my membership, will there be an option for me to pay for it also? I have noticed that most special offers neglect the payment type.

Mod Pips: If the final vote count is such that an additional payment is needed, we'll definitely setup SMS payment for it.

Jagex, where is Nex in 07Scape? Is she not born yet or something?

Mod Mark: She will be just a twinkle in mod_chris_L's eye

Will we have back our tutorial island?

Mod Etch: Yes, yes and yes! Old School...

I apologize if this has already been answered.
You are doing an early release late Friday. Will you be closing down the '07 servers after a period of time, or will we be able to continue playing it until you release the full version? Also, if that is the case, would you be able to confirm at this time if the game will re-reset once you upload the FULL '07 game, and any progress we have made will have to be redone?
Thank you in advance. LOVE how you guys are doing all of this.

Mod Pips: We're not planning to do a reset - it'll be the real deal.

Will the Early release access be just this Friday or the whole weekend? Also, will you pick P-Mods just from their gameplay of Old School Runescape and a fresh new team? It's until the full release. P-Mods in the current game will be p mods in old school. Vice versa.

Mod Mmg: Hey Fryes, I'm happy to report the service will start for good from Friday onwards (provided of course the team don't run into any major issues but we are truly doing our best to bring it online quickly)

Jagex, is it possible that the day you guys release 06Scape servers, that all of RuneScape will crash? And we'll all lose our items+stats?
Don't cha think that's possible?

Mod Philip: I don't think that will happen - we'd have to mess up quite a bit *and* be very unlucky. Even if it did happen, we have some pretty serious backup systems that would allow us to recover from catastrophes, so you wouldn't lose everything

Question: For those of us who pay six months at a time, as I have already paid up until August, assuming we make it to 250k votes how will I be able to pay the $5 fee?

Mod Venger: Hi Population 0, this is one of the many things we are still figuring out, please be patient while we do and we will publish a billing FAQ in due course.

WOOOT WOOOT! Promise us to not introduce the GE at all, I want NO BONUS XP STUFFZ.

Mod Mmg: Agreed

What happens if we get 250k votes and you do the promise you say you will do but you get over 750,000 members playing the game?

Mod Etch: Who knows what the future will bring but in the immediate future we will be looking at the outcome of the vote.

Whats the best boss back in 07?

Mod Mark: Well, Jad was there, as were the barrows brothers. Personally I'm looking forward to fighting an oldskool KBD

If I am on 2 separate accounts can i play both at same time like eoc & 2007? as this isnt muti-logging accounts as technically i can't trade stuff between them as they are on different servers? If no y?

Mod Philip: So long as this is why you are multi-logging, we'd be ok with that

Is it an actual launch of the server or just early access? Like when the voting ends does the 2007 go offline and then will it come back on or once it's up on friday will it stay up? Please answer!

Mod Etch: Once the early access is up on Friday it will stay up, how many improvements and fixes are made will, again, very much depend on the outcome of the vote...

What if we have clans in the current Runescape? Will they be transferred over or will we make separate clans?

Mod Pips: The current game's clan system didn't exist back in 2007, so no it will not be transferred.

I understand that this was partially answered in the first question, but I will ask it from a different perspective: Will you consider the possibility of F2P access to 2007RS if the F2Ps watch video advertisements? (For example, 15 minutes worth of video advertisements for 2 hours of gameplay in RS2007)

Mod Mmg: No, we don't have any current plans to provide any ad sponsored service, besides I think you would need to watch an insane amount of video's for even 2 hours of game play. If we get over 750K votes we will certainly introduce a free service again.

I played RuneScape almost religiously until about 2008.

Mod Etch: Great to see you back!

Will there be a veteran world or area for people who made there account on or before 2007?

Mod Pips: This isn't something we're thinking about yet. A massive part of the love for RuneScape in 2007 wasn't just the game but the community. So we're reticent to add artificial divisions in Old School RuneScape.

Will you add a rsizable/ fullscreen client?

Mod Mark: Sadly not, no. By the way, you have an awesome chathead

Will it be possible at some point for normal members to play as F2P on old school servers?

Mod Mmg: Hopefully if we hit 500K votes all members will have access to the service for free! I've just seen that we are only 10K away from hitting the 250K level!!!

1) Was it frustrating/fun working on re-introducing 07Scape? (Considering that you have to start ALL OVER again).
2) How much time have the dev team spent on the 07Scape servers in total thus far? (Cumulative Time Spent)

Mod Philip: 1.) Pretty good fun - I have enjoyed it anyway. It is quite interesting reading the code from back then
2.) I can't really answer for everyone else, but I have probably spent about 80 hours on it so far (since the Saturday before the poll started), so I am pretty tired now

What will this game be called? Is its official name "Old School Runescape" now or are you just using that as a description?

Mod Etch: Yes its Old School RuneScape. Does what it says on the tin

Is it being released THIS FRIDAY - 22ND?

Mod Etch: Yes THIS Friday. Everyones kind of busy here at Jagex

Thanks for doing this! My question is: Will there be a separate High Score list for 2007scape? If anything, just to see if Zezima makes it to the top

Mod Philip: Yup! We'll be bringing back the old-style high scores, but we'll let them start from zero, rather than requiring you to have at least level 30 to be ranked, as was the case back in 2007.

I missed the old school jad! One question about fight caves though, if I remember correctly there was a period where if you dced or logged out inbetween waves you would lose your progress and have to restart everything. Will that be changed in 07, or was that done already in 07?

Mod Mark: I *think* we added the checkpoint system before then, which would allow you to log out between certain waves.

Is there any promotion for the current RS when we sigh up and log in to 2007?

Mod Mark: Its something we are thinking about right now. Ideally we would like to let all our players know about the great updates we are doing in the main game, but quite how we do that we are unsure about. Something like a message on login might work.

TBH we should all send Jamflex some coffee, they're kicking ass with getting this done in a week. Good job you guys.

Mod Etch: Can you send some donuts too?

What should happen if we barely miss out on the 500k mark? like if we were to get 460k or something just barely low-balling it, would you consider that a winning 500k, or a failure and a waste of 210k votes?

Mod Mmg: I've already voted twice on both my personal accounts to try and help! However if it was very close like 20K or less away I would certainly make up the difference and pass the vote

Is the World Map going to remain as it is currently, or will it return to looking incomplete as it was back in 2007?

Mod Mark: Well, firstly there was no world map button on the main interface, it was a link at the top of the screen to a separate window that would open up. Were going to provide a static image of the world map that you can open up as a launch requirement, but the old world map will take a little longer to get working.

Jagex why did you choose to do a Q&A session this time, and not a live stream? In the sincerest and kindest way possible, is it because you're ashamed of showing yourselves after the mess (EoC) you released?

Mod Venger: Hi Zaro Trigger. We are most definately planning on doing more livestreams, we really enjoy them. We just felt this format was the most efficent way to deal with the weight of questions we expected to get.

50 Worlds is not enough, that works out at 2000 max per world, 100,000 people. If 250k have voted and Friday I'm pretty sure well over 100,000 will be trying to log in. How are you going to cope with the high demand?

Mod Philip: I don't think we'll have more than 100,000 *concurrent* players. Our players are spread around the world, in different time zones. If we do look like we are going to start exceeding it, we have plenty of server capacity to put up more worlds fairly quickly.

Dear Jagex, When you say bug abuse/exploitation is going to be un-tolerated and users who do so will be banned, does this include simpler ones such as taking advantage of small graphicals before they are fixed for fun and to relive the old days? I've always felt glitching was a large part of the runescape community when it comes to graphical glitches. Obviously abuse of bugs such as dupes should be banned, but I don't see it necessary for graphical glitches.

Mod Pips: To be honest while we're not happy with graphic glitching, that's not what we're as concerned about. Any one exploiting bugs for material gain will get a perm ban across both services.

I understand that my question has kind of been answered as i have the quotes below but not to the extent of what I would like what about the extra $5/15 im kind of confused with the answer will we have to buy a card and than pay separately the extras or will there be a game card dedicated to rs07?
"Will we be able to buy Rs07 membership with the cards we get from 7-11, walmart, etc.? Voucher
Mod Mmg: A) Yes, all current game cards will be able to be used to purchase old school membership.

Mod Mmg: The cards have a monetary amount of $10 or $20 so any combination of them will allow you to gain access to both versions of the game, a vote today gets you 1 month of current membership and a free month of Old School service, hopefully if we get more than 500K votes (because we also dont want to do the extra billing engine work!!) there will be no additional charge.

Will you guys consider to make it so that we can play both the 2007 AND the 2013 servers at the SAME time using the SAME account? I have a thread regarding this issue on the HLF with about 140 posts, a lot of them being supportive to the idea and agreeing with me that without this, we won't be playing the 07 servers as much, or not at all.

Mod Venger: Hey Desupty. We are pretty sure we covered this one before.
Unfortunately it's not technically possible to do this, however you will be able to chat across services.

Will this "rough version" be the permanent version, i mean.. will any progress in the game we make on the 22nd be in the final version of 07?

Mod Etch: Barring any major technical issues the progress you make in the 22nd will stay. Remember the level of updates and fixes we can make to the game depends on the level of votes we receive.

Will this "rough version" be the permanent version, i mean.. will any progress in the game we make on the 22nd be in the final version of 07? Thanks.

Mod Pips: Yes, progress will be retained - we're not planning a reset once it's live.

Dear any Mod, Can we Get the xp control like in eoc where u can choose to train attack strength or defense or all 3 cause the problem is what if some one has a pure and they mess it up like say they accidentally get 7 defense instead of 1 zerker 45 -48. Since you wont roll back Can we expect something maybe down the road to control the exp training. So people wont quit if they accidentally mess it up or get tricked like with a salamander or Butterfly net?

Mod Mark : That's something we could add in the future if we hit that magic 500k vote, given that a change like that would require significant development time. I think for many people though, they might not want that change. I hear alot of chat about the "skill" of making a pure and for many people, avoiding those circumstances was part of that skill.

So is the Q&A over guys?

Mod Etch: Officially yes but there's some pizza left and we enjoy chatting with you all.

So will the system requirements be the same for old school RuneScape? Thanks.

Mod Philip: You'll need the same sort of Java version as today (so not very old versions from 2007), but apart from that the requirements will be closer to the 2007 requirements than today's requirements.

Are you guys over at Jagex shocked or surprised about the support and response you have received towards the return of 07?

Mod Mmg: I was surprised to see over 2 million unique visits on the vote page so clearly there are a lot of people that are interested in this but its a real shame that only 10% of those players registered their support so far

Simple question that I haven't seen answered yet - We're getting the classic website template back, but do we get that classic login screen back? I really hope we do! Thanks in advance.

Mod Philip: Yes - purple/green flames and all!

Can you guys make a video on your Youtube channel dedicated to showing off the old school servers and their nostalgic memories? I mean maybe give a shortened tour of Runescape before all the big updates and new locations.

Mod Mark: We are intending to do that, but to be honest I'd much prefer to see the videos that our great machinima community come up with to show their nostalgic memories

Will the auto log out timer that was always so short (90 seconds) be extended to the time it is today? I think it would be a good idea since that had been a major player complaint over the years.

Mod Philip: Yeah - that has been really annoying us while we've been developing it! I think we'll change it to be the same as it is in the main game, so I don't go insane!

Should I make my other character a member for one month to try and get the count over 500 so we can have Old School RuneScape free? Is it still possible to vote more? Is it allowed to vote on all our member characters?

Mod Philip: The votes are per account, not per person, so yes, you can vote on multiple accounts.

First i just wanna say how happy i am this is finally happening! At first how rough are things going to be? What should we expect?

Mod Pips: Really glad you're happy with it
In terms of how rough; apart from the more severe bugs which we're fixing prior to Friday, any less critical issues or glitches that were there in August 2007 may still be present in the re-release.
There may be isolated sections of content which are temporarily disabled for launch if we cannot fix them properly in time - hopefully this won't be necessary.

A question to any mod! Who is your favorite "old school" Pker?

Mod Mark: Clearly the answer is....me Fear my l33t skills. Honestly though, all sorts of players have impressed the hell out of me with their amazing skills. They know who they are and they were (and in most cases, still are) awesome.

Will be there a summary of this Live FAQ?

Mod Etch: Yes - there will be a digest up in the morning.

"I was surprised to see over 2 million unique visits on the vote page so clearly there are a lot of people that are interested in this but its a real shame that only 10% of those players registered their support so far"

@The Dude MMG.....now you get it! Something must be wrong. I mean, 2 million members...the page could be glitched. Or they are confused. If nothing changes I would count at least 10-80% of those as yes votes.

Mod Mmg: The 2M visits so far would be blend of both free players & members, we have tried to improve the vote page over time with less text and a clear matrix for what each tier of votes would bring.

Will the old school runescape be able to support being recorded by FRAPS? (did 2007 servers use DirectX/OpenGL?)

Mod Etch: Not FRAPS but there are other software tools available.

Will my three month membership card I used with 2.5 months left also let me play 07?

Mod Etch: If you have voted your first month of the Old School Server is free. After that time the cost of the service is dependent on the result of the vote!

Is there any chance on changing the Tab & Chat interface to the one on the 5th of August 2007?

Mod Philip: The backup is from the 10th August 2007, so everything that was live then will be available.

WIll there be J mods on friday on the relase day? I hope so! Im excited to see part of Jagex team supporting us!

Mod Daezhun: Definitely! We'll be in-game with you all.

No trial accounts should be able to vote.

Mod Etch: Trial accounts cannot vote.

How much of a problem do you see Tutorial Island at the very beginning of the game?Hundreds if not thousands per world all trying to cut one tree or kill a rat or mine the copper/tin ore will be quite problematic!

Mod Mark: Yes, you're quite right that there will be issues with tut. island if we have thousands of players running through it at the same time. Cool yes, but not great if everybody is competing for resources just to get off tutorial island. We are currently working on a variety of methods to deal with this problem to make the experience fun for everyone but lets be honest, the competition for noob resources is going to be pretty crazy in the main game too.

Will you give each player a choice between the 317, 459, and 474 gameframes?

Mod Philip: We won't be giving a choice initially. If we get more votes, we'll be able to make more changes in the future.

Well, it's nice that I can stay as TS Togusa instead of 'kingsean108' on the 07 servers (ah, what memories that display name brings back).

I really wish that Jagex would implement a semi-limited F2P vote after 250k votes. Like maybe F2P players who've been consistently F2P for the last month or so? Something like that F2P was such a huge part of RuneScape back in the day.

Well, it's nice that I can stay as TS Togusa instead of 'kingsean108' on the 07 servers (ah, what memories that display name brings back).

I really wish that Jagex would implement a semi-limited F2P vote after 250k votes. Like maybe F2P players who've been consistently F2P for the last month or so? Something like that F2P was such a huge part of RuneScape back in the day.

Being a pure was awesome. Made it from 2003-2009. Although, the real issue is that f2p players build up economy.

It's bothering me that they still want to charge an extra $5 (If we reach 250k). Personally I want to play '07 scape again and not my '13 scape account, but I'd still have to pay for BOTH games. The fact we have to start over from level 3 and pay for both versions of the game is making me not want to pay for it.

I would be glad to pay $5 extra a month if they pulled up saved data from 2007 and somehow had a rolled back version of your account to play on that server.

It's bothering me that they still want to charge an extra $5 (If we reach 250k). Personally I want to play '07 scape again and not my '13 scape account, but I'd still have to pay for BOTH games. The fact we have to start over from level 3 and pay for both versions of the game is making me not want to pay for it.

I would be glad to pay $5 extra a month if they pulled up saved data from 2007 and somehow had a rolled back version of your account to play on that server.

If people could choose either or to pay for and 07 had more paying members than the EOC then it would look extremely bad on them as a company, and half of their player base wouldn't be paying towards the future of their game

"Will we be able to play both servers at the same time on the same account or will we have to create a new account for that?" - Scret

No, players will be able to play both servers from the same account but will not be able login to both servers simultaneously.

To bad you can't train AFK on the current servers while training cmb on the 2007 servers. The time needed to train a decent account on the 2007 servers seems nice, but a lot of lost xp's on the current servers.

What should happen if we barely miss out on the 500k mark? like if we were to get 460k or something just barely low-balling it, would you consider that a winning 500k, or a failure and a waste of 210k votes?

Mod Mmg: I've already voted twice on both my personal accounts to try and help! However if it was very close like 20K or less away I would certainly make up the difference and pass the vote

We probably won't hit it, but there is still hope if we miss out slightly, which is good.